Autographs of Leighton Rees
Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He won the 1978 BDO World Darts Championship, and was formerly ranked world number one. He was one of the sport's most successful players throughout the 1970s, and retired from the game in 1991.
Rees was born in hospital in Mountain Ash and grew up in the village of Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, where he spent most of his life. He attended the local Mill Street School in Pontypridd where one of his teachers famously declared on his report card that he would be "good only for reading the sports pages of the South Wales Echo". After leaving school he found work in the store room of a motor spares company, a job he did for over twenty years until he became a professional darts player in 1976.
It was during his time working as a store man that Leighton found the sport of darts, becoming a regular for his local pub and county, and playing for Wales in 1970. It was not until 1972 though that he gained any real national attention. Sid Waddell, who later became a commentator for the BBC and Sky Sports, was at the time producer of Yorkshire Television's The Indoor League – a show with pub games tournaments. Waddell and his researchers had heard reports of a trio of great darts players in the South Wales valleys, an area that was quickly becoming a hotbed of talent for the sport. Waddell had already seen Alan Evans of Rhondda play at the Alexandra Palace during the 1972 News of the World Championship, the first darts tournament televised across Britain. The other two names mentioned were Tony Ridler of Newport and Leighton Rees of Ynysybwl.
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Traded items with a signature of Leighton Rees
The most expensive item with a signature of Leighton Rees (LEIGHTON REES ON DARTS 1979 RARE BOOK GENUINE HAND SIGNED BY LEIGHTON REES) was sold in March 2025 for £124.49 while the cheapest item (Leighton Rees , Original Signed 12x8 Picture Certificate,) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2013. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2012 with an average selling price of £7.27 for an autographed item of Leighton Rees. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with £113.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2013. In average, an autographed item from Leighton Rees is worth £10.55.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Leighton Rees were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1978 DARTS Essex v West PROGRAMME Signed BOBBY GEORGE Leighton Rees BDO | £12.50 |  |
| Bully Autographed Darts Shirt Bristow Jocky Wilson Leighton Rees | £100.00 | |
| Darts Memorabilia signed Eric Bristol/ Leighton Rees Programmes etc. | £19.24 | |
| darts signed leighton rees | £9.00 | |
 | Hand signed darts poster 70s? John lowe leighton rees | £13.74 | |
| Leighton Rees - Darts World Champion - Original Hand Signed Autograph | £9.95 | |
| Leighton Rees - Signed Autograph | £4.99 | |
| Leighton Rees Darts Signed Autograph Photo Art Poster Picture Gift Artwork | £4.00 | |
| LEIGHTON REES Genuine Autographed Photograph. 8 x 6. | £3.99 | |
| LEIGHTON REES ON DARTS 1979 RARE BOOK GENUINE HAND SIGNED BY LEIGHTON REES | £124.49 | |
| LEIGHTON REES ON DARTS 1979 RARE BOOK GENUINE HAND SIGNED BY LEIGHTON REES | £103.50 | |
| LEIGHTON REES WALES DARTS PLAYER SIGNED AUTOGRAPH WINMAU UNICORN ALBUM PAGE | £9.99 | |
| Leighton Rees Welsh Darts Legend ( 1940 - 2003 ) 10 x 8 Signature Piece | £9.75 | |
| LEIGHTON REES WORLD DARTS CHAMPION 1978 SIGNED PHOTO AND I PLAYED CERTIFICATE . | £15.00 | |
| Original Hand Signed Autograph - Leighton Rees - Darts | £14.95 | |
